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Cardiff railmen's wartime sacrifice

Nov 4, 2014

Railway workers were exempt from conscription in the Second World War but in the First World War many enlisted and were wounded or killed. Plaques at Cardiff Central ...

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French privateers who cried 'Loup!'

Oct 29, 2014

The cannons outside Holyhead Maritime Museum were dumped overboard in 1710 by French privateers, who had kidnapped customs officers by ...

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Wanderer who knew 15 languages

Oct 27, 2014

Dic Aberdaron, whose grave is outside St Asaph parish church, led a nomadic life, accompanied by a cat and many books. "One quarter idiot, three-quarters genius” was ...

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